BMW R1200RT/R1250RT Forum

Hello,

My friend wants to purchase a 2015 RT with 50k miles for $9k. He's concerned about the mileage being 50k. How many miles is too many? And what would the cost be to rebuild this motor down the road? I've read on the internet this motor can go 200k miles. Can you please share your thoughts? Thank you in advance for your replies.

We have a late 2014 with 65k. But we had to have the alternator and stator replaced, which cost us £2k plus at mates rates. Later bikes don't have the alternator and stator issue, but not sure if 2015 bikes had the issue. Taking the engine out and doing the job was difficult because all the fixings and bolts mostly had to be replaced as they were difficult to undo etc.

In the "Survey of RT mileages", viewtopic.php?p=68672&hilit=survey#p68672 some bikes have done over 100K miles.

My mechanic in Iowa, USA has over 315,000 miles on his.
If you take care of the cycle & do regular maintenance, expect 200K easily!